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 5 Day National Youth Festival to
begin from 12 January, 2018
• Theme of the Festival is ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi’
• This is the 22nd National Youth Festival. The
1st National Youth Festival was held in 1995 in
Bhopal.
• Organised by Ministry of Youth Affairs &
Sports, Govt. of India in collaboration with
State Govt. of Uttar Pradesh at Greater Noida
from 12th to 16th January, 2018.
• This is the first time that the National Youth
Festival is being organized in NCR.
WORLD CONFERENCE ON MARXISM
•China will hold the 2nd World
Congress on Marxism in May,
which will be attended by over
300 Marxism researchers from all
over the world.

•The congress, to be held from

May 5 to 6, will discuss Marxism
in the 21st century and its
development in China.
• The congress coincides with the
200th birth anniversary of Karl
Marx and the 40th anniversary of
China’s reform and opening-up.
 Padma Awards
• Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the
country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma
Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
• The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of
activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and
engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and
education, sports, civil service, etc.
• ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and
distinguished service;
• ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order
• ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The
awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day
every year.
 Padma awards 2018

0nly 3 Only 9 Only 73

 Padma Vibhushan

Ghulam P.
Illaiyaraja Mustafa Khan Parameswaran
PADMA BHUSAN
• http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?re
lid=175910
what was the theme of India –ASEAN
commemorative summit?

Common value, shared destiny

Ramayana festival
 Aadhar with virtual IDs
• The Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI) today introduced the concept of
"Virtual ID" and "limited KYC" to further
strengthen the security of Aadhaar data. The
new measure will prevent the users from
giving away their Aadhaar details at the time
of verification.
• UIDAI has announced to introduce aadhar
authentication by using face from?
• JULY 1 , 2018

J. Satyanarayana
1st women to be elevated as judge of
supreme court from bar.

Indu Malhotra.

Along with her

K.M Joseph has
also been
recommended.
• UP government celebrated UP diwas- 24h
january
• Sachin a billion dreams , who is the Director?-
• What is the rank of India in Environment
Performance Index 2018, released by Yale and
columbia university along with WEF?
WEF funded “center for 4th Industrial revolution”
will be established in :
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Bangalore
d. San Francisco
• What is the rank of India in Inclusive
development Index released by WEF 2018?
a. 60
b. 61
c. 62
d. 64
• National voters day was recently held, theme:
“Accessible Elections” on which day”
a. 21 jan
b. 24th jan
c. 26th jan
d. 27th jan
25th january
 Other Important Days
• January 15: Army day
• January 23: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s
Birth Anniversary
• February 28: National Science Day
• April 22: Earth Day
• May 01: International Labour Day)
• June 05: World Environment Day
• July 11: World Population Day
• August 20: National Sadbhavana Day
• August 29: National Sports Day
• September 16: World Ozone Day
• October 31: National Integration Day
• November 26: National Law Day
• November 30: National Flag Day
• December 10: Human Rights Day
• Who has been appointed chairman of US
federal reserve?
- Jerom H Powell

- Older one:
Janet Yellen.
Modi visit to davos
CREATING A SHARED FUTURE IN FRACTURED WORLD
• The World Economic Forum is an independent
international organization committed to improving the
state of the world by engaging business, political,
academic and other leaders of society to shape global,
regional and industry agendas
• WEF also publishes many important reports:
-Inclusive Development Index (IDI)
-Global Risks Report.
-Global Gender gap Index.
-Environment Performance Network.
-Human capital report
• Which indian received 24th crystal awards at
Davos?
- For child and women rights
• 2 day Global investment summit held in?
National year of Millets
• What is the name of bus service started from
Kolkata to Agartala via Dhaka?
a. Maitre-2
b. Samadhan -1
c. Mitra-1
d. Nayi Shatabdi
• Where will be the 1st Blockchain academy
established?
• Center has announced to end Haj subsidy by?
2022
• Russia has been banned from winter Olympics
2018.
 5 MPs Chosen For Outstanding
Parliamentarian Award
• Parliamentarian Award was established in 1995. So far
18 eminent MPs have received the award. The Indian
Parliamentary Group (IPG) headed by Lok Sabha
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announce the award.

• Ghulam Nabi Azad (2015)

• Dinesh Trivedi (2016)- Trinamool Congres
• Najma A Heptulla (2013)- Manipur’s gov.
• Hukumdev Narayan Yadav (2014)
• Bhartruhari Mahatab -Lok Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
(2017).
UNESCO has inscribed ´KumbhMela´ on the Representative List of
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
• New foreign secretary of India?

S.Jaishankar Vijay Keshav Gokhale

• Chairman of insolvency and bankruptcy board
of india?

M.S. SAHOO
• CHAIRMAN OF PMEAC?
BIBEK DEBROY
 DEFENCE
• 2 TYPE OF MISSILES BASED ON TRAJECTORY:
1. BALLISTIC MISSILES
2. CRUISE MISSILES.
CRUISE MISSILE
• CLASSIFICATION BASED ON LAUNCH MODE:
1. SUFACE TO SURFACE : AGNI
2. SURFACE TO AIR: AKASH, TRISUL
3. AIR TO AIR: ASTRA
4. AIR TO SURFACE: BRAHMOS
5. ANTI TANK MISSILE: NAG
• CLASSIFICATION BASED ON RANGE:
1. SHORT RANGE
2. MEDIUM RANGE
3. INTERMEDIATE RANGE
4. ICBM
 IGMDP
• STARTED IN 1980’s
• 5 MISSILE WERE DEVELOPED:
- AGNI
- PRITHVI
- TRISUL
- AKASH
- NAG
 Ships, Submarines, Frigates and
Destroyers of Indian Navy

Heavy weight
torpedo

Light weight torpedo: SHYENA

Torpedo defense system
 submarines
• Arihant class submarine:
INS ARIHANT (already commissioned)
INS ARIDHIMAN
INS chakra ( leased from russia)
• Sindhughosha class submarine (Diesel Class)
• Scorpene class submarine (manufactured by
DCNS french)
• Kalvari Class submarines (Based on scorpene but
indigenously built)
 Aircrafts

SU-30MKI SU-30
 Aircraft carriers
• INS Vikramaditya (till 1997 it served in Russia
where it was known as Admiral Gorbachev)
• INS Viraat (bought from U.K, recently
decommissioned)
• INS Vikrant
 Destroyers

INS KOLKATA
INS KOCHI
INS CHENNI
Corvettes( Anti submarine)
TEJAS
GLOBMASTER AND HERCULES
 UAVs
•Nishant: Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle with Day/Night
capability
•Rustom: Medium Altitude Long
Endurance
•UAV Panchi: capable of taking-
off and landing by using small
airstrips
•UAV AURA: capable of
releasing missiles, bombs and
precision-guided munitions.
 CONTROL REGIMES
• Australia Group
• Wassenar arrangement
• MTCR
• NSG